STATE AND LOCAL

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear Thursday that Republicans will not help Democrats with the votes to raise the debt ceiling as Congress is grappling with a crucial deadline.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, along with Sens. Pat Toomey and Ron Wyden, on Wednesday introduced an amendment to the bipartisan infrastructure bill that would rewrite part of a section setting up reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transactions.

Some Republicans are raising alarms about allegedly wasteful spending in the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the Senate that won't serve what is supposed to be the narrow purpose of the bill: to improve the function of roads, bridges, water, broadband and other hard infrastructure.

Larry Kudlow expressed his concerns over the Senate infrastructure bill saying that people of all stripes who love the country should try to stop it during his monologue on "Kudlow" Tuesday.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., doubled down on his plan to keep the Senate in session – and through the weekends – until both a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a Democrat-only $3.5 billion spending plan passes his chamber.

A coalition of progressive organizations and pro-White House groups says it will spend nearly $100 million to launch a campaign this month to promote President Biden's domestic agenda.

With more crucial votes fast approaching in the coming days for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal in the Senate, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) says that their major grassroots and paid media campaign to derail the spending package is in full swing.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., joined “Kudlow” to discuss Speaker Nancy Pelosi's latest masking requirements and progress on a bipartisan infrastructure deal.

The U.S. Senate, in a 67-32 procedural vote Wednesday, advanced a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill -- despite the fact that the full text of the proposal hasn't been made public yet.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined “Kudlow” to discuss President Biden's infrastructure proposal and whether it will be a bipartisan effort.

Rick Scott reacts to new CDC guidance recommending vaccinated individuals in high-risk COVID areas to wear masks indoors.

'Kudlow' host slammed woke budgeting in his monologue and explained how spending caps would work.

Infrastructure talks in the Senate on Thursday and Friday seemed to teeter on the edge of failure as some Republicans began airing grievances over Democrats' transit-related demands, with a Monday deadline looming for another procedural vote on the bill.

The Biden administration is moving in the right direction in their response to unrest in Cuba but Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, advocated for unwavering support by the president to fight against the country’s tyrannical leadership.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday mounted a filibuster against a motion to debate a more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Biden brokered with a bipartisan group of senators, dealing a setback for efforts to fund new roads, bridges and broadband improvements.

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that just six out of the 26 states that have announced that they would terminate their participation in the federal unemployment program have unemployment rates that exceed the national average of 5.9% (as of June).

Sen. Bill Cassidy blasted Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the White House for rushing a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure plan that Cassidy said has not yet been completed.

The first installment of the new child tax credit will begin to hit the bank accounts of an estimated 39 million parents Thursday, and President Biden hailed the payments as one of the most consequential achievements of his presidency.

Republicans were quick to condemn Democrats' new $3.5 trillion budget plan as too big and detrimental to the economic recovery.